I was banded 1-16-09 and have been doing pretty well since then. I've lost about 32lbs in the month, and I'm not complaining, but I feel myself thinking wow I've lost 32lbs and still have a little over 100lbs to go :frown:. I am trying so hard not to get down on myself but it's hard when you look at the big picture. I'm trying to take it a day at a time. Any support would be great!

Please don't get discouraged. I know it can be so overwhelming to think about the big picture, so don't do it. Think about small chunks at a time, and reward yourself along the way. That's how I did it. Keep up the hard work.

A few of the things I did to get myself from thinking about the big picture was to stay too active to worry about it. I walked my butt off (literally) and listened to my MP3 player most of the time. I also went to bed early alot because all of the exercising made me tired at first because I was carrying around 165 extra pounds. It gets easier as you move along.

So, please just worry about the next pound, not the next 100 pounds.

Best wishes to you. Melt away!

I love my band.

Sue

I know what you mean. Sometimes it gets discouraging to think that even though I have lost 60 pounds, I still have a little over 100 more to go. But I try not to think about that much. Celebrate the little things...leaving the 260's, leaving the 250's, etc. I was SO excited to finally be able to move the slider on the balance beam scale, first from 300 to 250, then from 250 to 200! The weight IS coming off, it will CONTINUE to come off, and it will STAY off!

MRS.Ebg-

oohh myyy goossh! FIRST OF ALL :0)

I am getting banded in 4 days, I have been on this site non stop for the last week, haha, im so nervous and ONE thing I have not stopped thinking about is- man, how much will I likely lose per month?? Reading that you lost 32lbs in ONE MONTH, made me SOOOO proud that I'm doing this! I know you have a long way to go, but you just started and your almost halfway there!! Your doing great! How was your first month energy and healing wise?? I'm so scared! But reading that made me happpyy!